Security Check System Using Image Mark Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current security check systems for objects, such as luggage at airports, rely on physical tags that can be lost or removed, leading to inefficiencies, increased costs, and potential misses in identifying dangerous items, and require significant manual labor for tag attachment and verification.

Innovation Solution

A security check system that uses image recognition technology to identify objects of interest by capturing and analyzing images of both the object and the person carrying it, eliminating the need for physical tags and reducing labor costs by automating the identification process through image mark detection and comparison.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If physical tags are used to identify objects requiring manual check, then objects can be identified at exit detection area, but tags may be lost or removed during transferring

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveidentification reliabilityVSAvoidtag loss
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the mechanical physical tag system with an optical/image-based identification system. Image marks are captured and stored in a database, then compared at the exit detection area to identify objects requiring manual check. This eliminates the physical tag that can be lost or removed, substituting it with a digital image recognition system that maintains identification reliability throughout the object's transfer path.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Ease of operation

If physical tags are manually attached to objects, then identification can be performed, but large work force and material resources are required

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveidentification operationVSAvoidcheck efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service identification by automatically capturing image marks of objects during the security check process and storing them in a database. At the exit detection area, the system automatically retrieves and compares image marks to identify objects requiring manual check, eliminating the need for manual tag attachment by operators and significantly improving check efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Reliability

If manual tag attachment is performed, then tags can be attached to objects, but it takes a long time for passengers to pick up their objects

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetag attachment reliabilityVSAvoidobject pickup time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by capturing and storing image marks of objects during the initial security check process, before objects are transferred to the exit detection area. This pre-processing of identification data eliminates the need for time-consuming manual tag attachment operations later, allowing passengers to quickly retrieve their objects while maintaining reliable identification capability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

4Loss of substance

If image recognition is used to identify objects, then physical tags are eliminated and costs are reduced, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetag costVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of substanceVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The image recognition system serves multiple functions: it captures object images during security check, stores them in a database, retrieves them at exit detection, compares images to identify objects requiring manual check, and eliminates the need for physical tags entirely. This multi-functional approach consolidates what would otherwise require separate systems into a unified solution, managing complexity while achieving cost reduction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentEP3557289B1Security check system and method
Publication Date: 2023.12.06 NUCTECH CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure relates to a security check system and method. The present disclosure provides a security check system for identifying objects of interest from multiple objects, comprising: an object-of-interest determining device for determining whether an object is an object of interest; an image mark applying device for acquiring images related to selected objects among the multiple objects and recording image marks of the selected objects; and a mark detecting device for detecting the image marks, wherein the security check system is configured to identify whether the object is the object of interest based on the detection of the mark detecting device and provides a warning accordingly.